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Tom Poholsky

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: August 26, 1929 in Detroit, MI us

Died: January 6, 2001 in Kirkwood, MO

Buried: Forever Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, MO

High School: Northeastern HS (Detroit, MI)

Schools: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 20, 1950 (Age 20-237d, 10,679th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1957 (Age 28-016d)
vs. BRO 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Thomas George Poholsky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

ERA

3.93

159

104

753.2

316

WHIP

1.304

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 90 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 30 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	81
CHC	9

Platoon
vs RHB	45
vs LHB	45

Home/Road
Home	48
Away	42

Outs
0	39
2	29
1	22

7 Opps
BRO	18
BSN/MLN	15
CHC	14
CIN	13
NYG	13
PIT	9
PHI	8

56 Batters
Duke Snider	7
Eddie Mathews	4
Willie Mays	4
Earl Torgeson	3
Wally Post	3
Ernie Banks	3
Roy Campanella	3
George Crowe	3
Ted Kluszewski	3
Hank Sauer	2
Hank Thompson	2
Randy Jackson	2
Frank Thomas	2
Preston Ward	2
Frank Robinson	2
Del Ennis	2
Ed Bailey	2
Gil Hodges	2
Don Newcombe	2
Whitey Lockman	1
Wally Westlake	1
Joe Adcock	1
Ed Bouchee	1
Ray Katt	1
Don Zimmer	1
Wes Covington	1
Bobby Hofman	1
Foster Castleman	1
Bobby Thomson	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1
Paul Minner	1
Pee Wee Reese	1
Dusty Rhodes	1
Jackie Robinson	1
Smoky Burgess	1
Wes Westrum	1
Wayne Terwilliger	1
Jim King	1
Dee Fondy	1
Andy Seminick	1
Cal Abrams	1
George Metkovich	1
Joe Garagiola	1
Gus Bell	1
Granny Hamner	1
Monte Irvin	1
Murry Dickson	1
Willard Marshall	1
Gene Baker	1
Warren Spahn	1
Ralph Kiner	1
Harry Anderson	1
Bob Elliott	1
Stan Lopata	1
Robin Roberts	1
Cliff Chambers	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	46
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	11
Polo Grounds (NYC)	9
Crosley Fld (CIN)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2

Where Hit
7	36
9	28
8	7
89	4
78	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	20
4·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	57
1--	15
12-	7
-2-	6
1-3	3
--3	1
-23	1

134 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	57
1 on	22
2 on	11
Any on	33

Inning
1	12
2	14
3	10
4	14
5	7
6	13
7	10
8	3
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	36
4-6	34
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	4
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	25
-1	11
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	11

Ahead	28
Tied	25
Behind	37

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	16
LF	16
CF	14
C	9
3B	9
P	7
RF	7
SS	5
2B	4
PH	3

OrderPos
4th	22
3rd	21
5th	13
9th	10
6th	8
7th	6
2nd	5
8th	4
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	36
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1950-10-01	Hal Jeffcoat	CHC	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	9
2	2	2	2	1950-10-01	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	4	7
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1951-04-17	Murry Dickson	PIT		STL	tied 3-3	b 4	2	---	1	9	1	14%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	2	1951-04-17	Wally Westlake	PIT		STL	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	7	11%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1951-05-01	Bob Elliott	BSN		STL	behind 1-5	b 9	1	---	1	4	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF Line)
6	6	4	1	1951-05-06	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	behind 0-5	b 5	2	12-	3	3	8	16%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Abrams Scores; P. Reese Scores
7	7	5	1	1951-05-10	Hank Thompson	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	18%	71%		Home Run; A. Dark Scores
8	8	6	1	1951-05-15	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 7	2	1--	2	7	2	29%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Ennis Scores
9	9	7	1	1951-05-19	Cal Abrams	BRO	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	8	1	1951-05-28	Cliff Chambers	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 3	1	---	1	9	1
11	11	9	2	1951-05-28	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	4	3
12	12	10	3	1951-05-28	George Metkovich	PIT	@	STL	behind 2-5	t 8	2	-2-	2	2	8
13	13	11	1	1951-06-13	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 5	1	12-	3	3	8	28%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Abrams Scores; P. Reese Scores
14	14	12	1	1951-06-22	Earl Torgeson	BSN	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 3	0	---	1	3	3	11%	50%		Home Run
15	15	13	2	1951-06-22	Willard Marshall	BSN	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 3	1	1--	2	6	9	20%	70%		Home Run; S. Gordon Scores
16	16	14	1	1951-07-31	Earl Torgeson	BSN	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	---	1	3	3	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	15	1	1951-08-27 (1)	Earl Torgeson	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1954-04-13	Gene Baker	CHC	@	STL	ahead 10-3	t 9	0	---	1	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)
19	19	2	2	1954-04-13	Paul Minner	CHC	@	STL	ahead 11-3	t 9	0	-2-	2	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. McCullough Scores
20	20	3	1	1954-05-20	Preston Ward	PIT		STL	behind 1-7	b 6	2	1-3	3	9	PH	8%	11%		Home Run; S. Gordon Scores; D. Hall Scores
21	21	4	1	1954-05-26	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	6	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	5	2	1954-05-26	Joe Garagiola	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	6	1	1954-06-08	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	STL	behind 1-8	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Robinson Scores
24	24	7	1	1954-06-19	Willie Mays	NYG		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	8	11%	55%		Home Run
25	25	8	1	1954-07-28	Dusty Rhodes	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	10%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	9	1	1954-08-04	Jackie Robinson	BRO		STL	behind 6-7	b 9	1	1--	2	3	7	78%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores
27	27	10	1	1954-08-06 (1)	Frank Thomas	PIT		STL	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	---	1	4	8
28	28	11	2	1954-08-06 (1)	Preston Ward	PIT		STL	tied 3-3	b 7	2	12-	3	3	9
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1955-04-16	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 2	0	---	1	6	6
30	30	2	2	1955-04-16	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 2	0	---	1	7	3
31	31	3	3	1955-04-16	Randy Jackson	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	5	5
32	32	4	4	1955-04-16	Randy Jackson	CHC	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	---	1	5	5
33	33	5	1	1955-05-29	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-7	t 6	2	1--	2	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run; G. Bell Scores
34	34	6	1	1955-06-03	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1-3	3	3	8	15%	73%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Gilliam Scores; P. Reese Scores
35	35	7	2	1955-06-03	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 3-1	b 1	0	---	1	4	2	7%	80%		Home Run (LF-CF)
36	36	8	1	1955-06-24	Whitey Lockman	NYG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	2	7	13%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	9	1	1955-07-04 (1)	Eddie Mathews	MLN		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	5	11%	62%		Home Run
38	38	10	1	1955-07-09	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	7	13%	63%		Home Run
39	39	11	2	1955-07-09	Jim King	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	1	3	9	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	12	1	1955-07-15	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1	4	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	13	1	1955-07-20	Wes Westrum	NYG		STL	behind 0-8	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	14	2	1955-07-20	Bobby Hofman	NYG		STL	behind 1-8	b 7	0	---	1	8	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	15	1	1955-07-24 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	21%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores; B. Morgan Scores
44	44	16	1	1955-07-30	Don Zimmer	BRO	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	8	4	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	17	1	1955-08-14	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 6	1	1--	2	3	3	16%	30%		Home Run; S. Burgess Scores
46	46	18	1	1955-08-19	Gus Bell	CIN		STL	behind 1-3	b 1	2	1--	2	5	8	18%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Post Scores
47	47	19	1	1955-08-24	Wayne Terwilliger	NYG		STL	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	4	9%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	20	2	1955-08-24	Ray Katt	NYG		STL	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	7%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	21	1	1955-08-29	Roy Campanella	BRO		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Snider Scores
50	50	22	1	1955-09-10	Robin Roberts	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	9	1
51	51	23	1	1955-09-23	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	24	2	1955-09-23	George Crowe	MLN	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	11%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	25	3	1955-09-23	George Crowe	MLN	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	3	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	26	4	1955-09-23	Warren Spahn	MLN	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---	1	9	1	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1956-04-20	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	11%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	2	2	1956-04-20	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	1	3	5	12%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	3	3	1956-04-20	Wes Covington	MLN	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 7	2	-2-	2	9	PH	39%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bruton Scores
58	58	4	1	1956-05-05	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	3	8	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	5	1	1956-05-15	Gil Hodges	BRO		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	--3	2	5	3	15%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Campanella Scores
60	60	6	2	1956-05-15	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		STL	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	-23	3	2	6	15%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores/unER; R. Jackson Scores/unER; P. Reese Scores/unER
61	61	7	1	1956-05-27 (1)	Monte Irvin	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-8	t 4	0	1--	2	6	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Moryn Scores
62	62	8	2	1956-05-27 (1)	Ernie Banks	CHC	@	STL	behind 3-8	t 5	0	1--	2	4	6	8%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
63	63	9	1	1956-06-03 (2)	Stan Lopata	PHI	@	STL	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	1-3	3	3	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores; G. Hamner Scores/unER
64	64	10	1	1956-06-06	Foster Castleman	NYG	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	5	14%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	11	1	1956-06-11	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	12	2	1956-06-11	Duke Snider	BRO	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	17%	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
67	67	13	1	1956-06-22	Del Ennis	PHI		STL	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	19%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	14	1	1956-07-06	Ed Bailey	CIN		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	2	11%	76%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	15	2	1956-07-06	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		STL	behind 2-3	b 5	2	12-	3	4	3	39%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Temple Scores; W. Post Scores
70	70	16	1	1956-07-12	Hank Thompson	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	7	18%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Mays Scores
71	71	17	2	1956-07-12	Willie Mays	NYG	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	13%	50%		Home Run (LF-CF)
72	72	18	1	1956-07-25	Granny Hamner	PHI		STL	behind 3-6	b 9	0	12-	3	7	6	46%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Simmons Scores; W. Jones Scores
73	73	19	1	1956-07-29	Willie Mays	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	4	8	14%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	20	1	1956-09-08	Smoky Burgess	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	2	18%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Post Scores
75	75	21	2	1956-09-08	Wally Post	CIN	@	STL	behind 3-6	t 8	2	---	1	5	9	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	22	1	1956-09-14	Willie Mays	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	8	18%	73%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Schoendienst Scores
77	77	23	1	1956-09-19	Don Newcombe	BRO		STL	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	9	1	9%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
78	78	24	2	1956-09-19	Don Newcombe	BRO		STL	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	9	1	13%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores
79	79	25	1	1956-09-23 (1)	Wally Post	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	26	2	1956-09-23 (1)	Ed Bailey	CIN		STL	tied 2-2	b 10	0	---	1	9	PH	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	27	1	1956-09-28	Joe Adcock	MLN	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	8%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
82	82	1	1	1957-05-03	Harry Anderson	PHI		CHC	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	1--	2	3	7	10%	94%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; T. Kazanski Scores
83	83	2	2	1957-05-03	Ed Bouchee	PHI		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	3	1	1957-05-12 (2)	Frank Robinson	CIN	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	11%	61%		Home Run
85	85	4	1	1957-05-30 (2)	Bobby Thomson	MLN		CHC	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	5	7	12%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
86	86	5	1	1957-06-01	Frank Robinson	CIN		CHC	ahead 10-2	b 5	1	12-	3	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Post Scores; G. Bell Scores
87	87	6	2	1957-06-01	Wally Post	CIN		CHC	ahead 14-2	b 6	0	1--	2	2	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Temple Scores
88	88	7	1	1957-06-26 (1)	Frank Thomas	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	4	7	10%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
89	89	8	1	1957-07-19 (2)	Duke Snider	BRO		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	8	10%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
90	90	9	1	1957-08-10	George Crowe	CIN		CHC	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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